WebOct 6, 2009 · Yesterday, I was on the Internet Movie Database message boards, and a while back, I'd replied to somebody's comment on the movie Unstoppable, which is being filmed and based on the CSX runaway that occurred in 2001.The person had made a comment that the movie sounded like a retake of the 1985 movie Runaway Train.I'd always … WebBased on. CSX 8888. AWVR 777 is an AWVR (Allegheny & West Virginia Railroad) AC4400CW in the 2010 action/thriller movie, Unstoppable. It was a runaway train carrying hazardous chemicals known as Molten Phenol …

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The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001. Locomotive #8888, an EMD SD40-2, was pulling a train of 47 cars, including some loaded with hazardous chemicals, and ran uncontrolled for … See more On May 15, 2001, a CSX locomotive engineer was using Locomotive #8888 to move a string of freight cars from track K12 to track D10 for departure on another train at Stanley Yard in Walbridge, Ohio, CSX's primary See more Several railway museums tried to buy #8888, but CSX officials replied that they did not feel the locomotive was worthy of preservation and that it would be rebuilt as part of the See more The incident inspired the 2010 movie Unstoppable. See more • WUPW FOX36 Toledo story on Unstoppable, including video of 2001 incident Archived 2013-02-03 at the Wayback Machine See more WebThe CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of O... WebFeb 18, 2013 · In an eerie replay of an accident 13-years ago, CSX coal train U813 ran away this Morning 2/18/13, on Seventeen Mile Grade on CSX's Mountain Subdivision in Western Maryland. The accident happened near Bloomington, MD with 75 out of 78 cars derailing, most on their sides. The three locomotives remained on the rails and the crew … in a horn clause there could be